CVE-2010-4651

Name	CVE-2010-4651
Description	Directory traversal vulnerability in util.c in GNU patch 2.6.1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a filename that is specified with a .. (dot dot) or full pathname, a related issue to CVE-2010-1679.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
patch (PTS)	buster, buster (security)	2.7.6-3+deb10u1	vulnerable
	bookworm, bullseye, sid	2.7.6-7	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
patch	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

Notes

Applying a patch blindly opens more severe security issues than only directory traversal...
openwall ships a fix
See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667529 for details